Producing Good Honey 



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FILLING THE CANS. 



Honey produced according to the plans described in the previous 

 pages, is ready to go directly from the extractor into the cans or 

 barrels; in fact, it is better that it should be canned up at once, as there 

 is less loss of flavor or aroma. There is also a saving of time, as it is 

 only necessary to remove a full can and put under an empty one while 

 doing the work of extracting. To know when a can was full, without 

 standing by watching it, was one of the problems that I had to solve, 

 and I did it by using an electric alarm, on the principle of an electric 

 door-bell ; in fact, I used the identical outfit that is used for a door-bell. 



The Electric Door-bell Alarm to Indicate When the Can 

 Is Nearly Full. 



The plan of wiring up the battery, bell, and scales is here clearly 



shown. The contact at D is made when the beam 



lifts, connecting the electric current. 



Almost every one is familiar with this arrangement that rings a bell 

 when a current of electricity is sent through its mechanism. When 

 the button in the door is pressed, an electric circuit is completed, and, 

 as a result, the bell rings out in the kitchen, or wherever it is placed. 

 If the complete filling of a can or barrel could be made to complete an 

 electric circuit within which is an electric bell, then an alarm would 

 be given. I solved the problem by so arranging matters that the raising 

 of the brass beam of a pair of platform scales closed the circuit. The 

 battery used is one of the ordinary dry-cell batteries, such as are used 



